Stand for pad calendars



Dec- 15, 1925- F. A. WEEKS sum) FOR PAD CALENDARS Filed Aug. 21, 1923 fia/wr 4112-11.:

Patented Dec. 15, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK A. WEEKS, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

STAND FOR PAD CALENDARS.

Application filed August 21, 1923. Serial No. 658,482.

new and useful Improvements in Stands for Pad Calendars, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in stands or holders for memorandum-pad desk-calendars, and itconsists in the novel features and structure hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Memorandum-pad desk-calendars comprise a stand or holder, a pad of leaves or slips, one for each day of the year, thereon and a pair of corresponding wire loops of inverted U-shape on which the slips are strung and which permit the slips, one after another, to be turned over from the pad and rest upon an opposite part of the stand or holder, the face of the slip thus turned over from the pad usually disclosing the date, while the face of the slip remaining on the top of the pad affords a blank sheet to receive such data as it may be desired to place thereon.

A serious difliculty incident to ad-calendars as heretofore made and whic itis the object of my invention to remedy, resides in the fact that the wire loops of the stand have had a fixed relation to each other and have been unable to receive the pads unless the holes in the pads to be strung on the loops were accurately positioned in the puncturing thereof to suit the particular spacing of the loops on the stand. Pad calendars are made and sold by various dealers and the puncturing ofthe holes therein to engage the wire loops of the stand vary in their spacing, with the result that in purchasing a pad one must purchase a stand to receive it or exercise great care to see that the pair of holes in the pad agree with the wire loops of the stand the purchaser may already have.

In accordance with my invention I provide a stand whose wire loops are adjustable in their relation to each other, so that the stand may receive any ofthe calendar pads usually on sale regardless of variations in the spacing between the holes punchedin the same, thereby enabling a person having a stand of my invention to use thereon any of the pads commonly on sale.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a central vertical longitudinal section through memorandum-pad calendar-stand embodying my invention, a padcalendar being indicated in section thereon and the section of the stand being on the dotted line 1-1 of Fig. 2;

2 is a plan View of the same; Fig. 3' is a rear end view of the same, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view, on a larger scale, through a portion of the stand and is presented to more clearly illustrate the man nor of securing the wire loops in their adjusted relation to the body of the stand.

In the drawings I have illustrated my invention as embodied in a calendar stand of the character disclosed in Letters Patent No. 1,049,428 granted to me January '7, 1913, but it is to be understood that my invention is applicable to pad calendar stands generally and not limited to the particular example thereof shown in the drawings.

In the drawings 10 designates the supporting base or body of the stand, 11 the pad of day calendar-slips thereon, and 12 the wire loops of inverted U-shape on which said slips are strung, the pad near one end being punched through, as at 13, to pass upon the forward members let of said loops and permit the individual leaves or slips to be turned over upon the rear members 15 of said loops in a well-understood manner.

The base or body 10, in the illustration presented, is normally inclined and may rest at itsforward end on a desk, while its rear end is supported by legs 16 formed by down ward extensions of the rear loop-members 15.

The loops 12 are parallel with each other and each is formed from a single rod of wire folded upon itself to produce the front member 14. and rear member 15. The rear members 15 continue downwardly below the base 10 to form the legs or props l6, and at their lower ends said legs are bent in a direction toward each other to form trans verse arms 17 which are spaced apart and upon which is placed a sleeve 18 which bridges the space between the facing ends of said arms and permits said arms, with the loops 12 carrying them, to be adjusted toward or from each other.

The rear loop members 15 lie and are adjustable transversely toward and from each other within a transverse slot 19 formed in the base 10.

The lower ends of the front loop members 14 he and are adjustable transversely toward and from each other within a transverse slot 20 formed in the base 10 forward ofand parallel with the slot 19. The lower ends of the front loop members 1.4. are threaded and receive thumb nuts 21 to engage the lower surface of the base 10. The threading of the lower ends of the loopmembers 14 results in the formation at the upper ends of the threaded portions, of shoulders 22 t 4), below which are plain washers 23 which engage the upper surface of the base 10 and cross the slot 20. When the nuts 21 are tightened against the base 10 the loop members 1% at their shoulders 22 are drawn downwardly against the washers 23 and said washers are bound against the upper surface of the base 10, and in this manner the loops 12 become rigidly secured to said base. If the shoulders 22 and slot 20 are proportioned to permit the shoulders to cross the slot, said shoulders will engage the base 10 and the washers 23 will become unnecessary. The presence of the washers 23 permits the cutting of the slot 20 with less exactitude as to its width, and said washers provide broad bearing surfaces to engage the base 10.

The loops 12 are each in one integral piece and lie side by side, although spaced apart, and since the front and rear members of the loops have their lower portions in the respective parallel slots 20, 19, said loops may be adjusted toward and from each to correspond with the spacing of the holes 13 punched in the calendar-pad, the arms 17 on the legs 16 during the adjustment of the loops 12 moving toward or from each other within the sleeve 18, which aids in keeping the loops 12 parallel with each other and in adding a proper finish to the lower ends of the legs 16.

In the employment of the stand, the nuts 21 will be freed from the loop-members 14. and the loops 12 drawn upwardly to a suliicient extent to permit the upper end of the pad 11 to be placed below the lower ends of said members 14, and thereuponthe loops 12 will be adjusted toward or from each other to bring the members 14 thereof into regis try with the holes 13 in the pad, whereupon said members 14 will be pushed downwardly through said holes 13, the washers 23 will be slipped upon the lower ends of the members 1&2: and said ends will he passed downwardly through the slot 20 and receive the nuts 21,

which will then be tightened against the base 10 and thereby firmly secure the loops in their adjusted relation and to the base 10. The manner of employing the pad 11 will be understood without further explanation. One of the main features of this invention is the provision of loops 12 which are adjustable with relation to the varying punchings in the calendar-pads 11 and of means for securing the loops in their adjusted relation, to the body of the stand or base 10, whereby, as aforesaid, the stand becomes adapted to receive pads of the various dealers and commonly sold, regardless of the usual variationsin the spacings between the holes punched inthe pads. A person having a stand of my invention may-safely purchase any ofithe punched yearly pad-calendars commonly sold without any misgiving as to whether the pad will fit the stand, because the standmay be made to register with the punchings of the pad.

The loops 12 constitute wire holders for the slips of the pad 11 and these holders, while all operating very much alike differ in form, some of them affording a seatfor the turnedover slips ,instead of allowing said slips to lie directly on the supportingbase,. as is commonly known. My invention is applicable to all these known wire holders mounted on a supporting base to receive the pad of day-slips.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

1.- A stand for pad-calendars having holes punched through them near one end, said stand comprising aisupporting base, a pair of corresponding parallel wire holders having front and rear members on whichthe slips of the pad are strung and which permit the slips to be turned over from the front to the rear members ofthe holders, said holders being mounted on said base and adjustable with relation to the spacing between them to accordwith the spacing between the holes in the pad, and means for det-achably securing the lower ends of said front membersto said base, the rear members of said holders having their free ends bent toward eachother forming spaced-apart arms and having a. tubular member bridging the space between said arms.

2. A stand for pad-calendars having holes punched through them near one end, said stand comprising an inclined supporting base adapted at its forward end to rest upon a desk or the like and in its rear portion being formed with parallel transverse slots, a pair of parallel wire loops ofvinverted U- shape on which the slips of the pad are strung and which permit the slips to be turned over from the front to the rear members thereof, said front and rear members being inserted through said slots respectively and being adjustabletherein to vary the space between them to accord with the spec form spaced-apart arms and having a tubuing between the holes in the pad, and means lar member bridging the space between said for detachably securing the lower ends of the arms. 10 frontmembers to said base, said rear mem- Signed at New York city, in the county 5 bers being extended downwardly below the of New York and State of New York, this base to form supporting legs and at their 15th day of August A. D. 1923. lower ends being bent toward each other to FRANK A. WEEKS. 

